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Rollo Origin and Meaning

The name Rollo is a boy's name of German, Estonian origin meaning "wolf".

Rollo is a livelier, roly-poly, o-ending version of Roland.

Although it sounds modern, Rollo actually was seen regularly on Latin documents in the Middle Ages, though not heard in everyday speech. Historically, it's associated with a powerful Viking leader--who had a wife named Poppa.

Rollo May was a well known existential psychologist. There have been Rollos on screen played by Buster Keaton ("The Navigator"), Rainn Wilson ("Juno") and John Cleese ("Fierce Creatures").

Rollo has also been used over the years as a pet form of Roland, Rudolph and Ralph.

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Pop Culture References for the name Rollo

Rollo Podmarsh, character from P. G. Wodehouse's "The Awakening of Podmarsh"
The Rollo Books by JacobAbbott (1803-79), series of 28 moral tales of a boy whose experiences on a NewEngland Farm and elsewhere were used to extol the obvious virtues
"Bedtime with Rollo the NightSpryte" by David and Seth Bier
Rollo, character in "The Cleveland Show"
Rollo, the name of Lelouch's 'brother' in the second season of the anime "Code Geass"
Rollo Sigurdsson - Character on the tv show "Vikings"

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